A Meg Moment: photography

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Thursday, December 8, 2011

Just Because

So, Diana was eating an apple the other day and looked so awkwardly cute in her little tutu I just couldn't help but take a few photos :) These area few of my favorite shots.

Saturday, September 24, 2011

So, I thought I would link up with Marvelous Mommy this week for SOOC Saturday! (Straight Out Of Camera) I thought this was a cool idea. Everyone who participates shares a photo-straight from their camera! Then, if you want, (and yes...I want!) you can share an edited version of the same photo... here is a photo from a recent photoshoot:

From photo shop

Camera: Nikon D3100
Lens:AF-S DX VR Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6G
Focal setting: 18mm
Aperture: 22
ISO: 800
Shutter speed: 1/60 (Open just long enough to capture the colors of the sunset!)

The edited version:

From photo shop

I went into Lightroom I upped the exposure just a tad and created a light vintage preset.

Maybe someday I'll post about my lightroom/photo shop settings and share a preset? Do I have enough photog readers where that would be interesting enough? let me know!

In the meantime.... go sheck out some of the other's SOOC posts by clicking the link below! Happy Saturday friends! :)

Thursday, September 22, 2011

I'm back!

So, posting has been sparse because, like the rest of you I have been busy! We were gone on vacation for close to 20 days, the day we got back I woke up sick.

:( That lasted about a week and just as I was getting better both girls got sick and Diana was throwing up for days. That was horrible.

They both soon got better and I have been busy working on my photography business. I have had two photo shoots the past week, both which went great and were so much fun! I have been busy editing and working on my photos. Feel free to click on the link below if you want to see my photography blog. :)

From photo shop

I also joined the local M.O.P.S group this past week. I have been hesitant about going, but since my good friend Becky said she was going to join... that made me jump in too! M.O.P.S. is a "Mothers of Preschoolers" group. It's open to anyone with children ages birth to preschool. It's a Christian based program designed to help and support moms as we try to be the best moms we can to our children. We have a chance to socialize with other moms, make some new friends, do bible devotions, crafts, speakers come in... it's just awesome! They have a nursery for your children where your kids also have a chance to have little play mate friends, learn some Bible lessons, make crafts and eat snacks.

I thoroughly enjoyed it as did Ellie. When I came to get Ellie she looked at me like she hadn't even noticed I had been gone for 2 hours! But Diana had a hard time being in the nursery without me or her sister for the first hour. I guess she warmed up after that, she sure was excited to see me when I got back! She showed me around the room a bit and seemed excited about all the new toys. I hope this means she will do better the next time. We will see.

Anyway, so yes, life is busy but good! I'll be posting about vacation soon. I can't wait to start catching up on what everyone else has been up too :)

Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Wordy Wednesday, A Cloudy Day at the Beach

These photos were actually taken a few weeks ago. We were going bit stir crazy being inside, so despite the overcast day, we spent the afternoon at the beach! It was such a pretty and cloudy Sunday afternoon :)

From July 27, 2011

The photos make it look like such a relaxing time, but it was so windy that the lunch we brought out with us blew all over the beach and hubby and I spent quite a bit of time cleaning that. While we were scavenging the beach for garbage Diana found a dead fish and gave that to Ellie, we grabbed that away just in time. We tried to set the camera on the rocks so as to do a family photo, but Diana was a little crazy person and kept running away and it was so windy I was afraid of sand getting into the camera, so that didn't work. The beach was just enough on a hill where Ellie could not walk without falling over and we could not keep Diana from trying to run into the water.

From July 27, 2011

It was so chilly. They would not eat because there was to much too see, but then got crabby because they were hungry. Ahhh! Life with little ones!This picture seems to sum it up so well.....

From July 27, 2011

It was still a great day and we were so glad to get out, but life sure does change when you have babies! It makes simple things like a picnic lunch on the beach turn into a huge ordeal, but Im thankful for every moment because it's already going by so quickly. :) Parenting is a much greater task than hubby and I ever dreamed, but God knows our hearts and has blessed us so very much. I pray that we can continue to see the joy and savor the simple and precious days that are spent training our children's hearts; and not lose sight of our blessings in the pressures of daily living.

From July 27, 2011

Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb a reward. Like arrows in the hand of a warrior are the children of one's youth.

Psalm 127:3-4

Saturday, July 23, 2011

A Weekend Of Relaxing and Family :)

Well, this week has been crazy! So, what do we do today? Relax! Lot's and lot's of relaxing! Weekends are such a special time for our family, a time to relax, refresh and renew. So that's what this weekend was all about. Normally, as long as the kids are up to it, we like to be outside and out doing things, but not today! Today, hubby and I spent the majority of our morning and afternoon playing games on the xbox and being on the computer, reveling in the sweet bliss of doing nothing. We let the children eat sweets with their breakfast and we ignored the dishes and just sat together and drank coffee (a whole pot!) and didn't stress about a thing! It felt great. :)

Mid afternoon we were all ready to get out for a bit though, so we loaded up and went out to the park! Hubby even suggested we bring my camera (of course! :) so he could get some photos of me and the girls, that was nice. :) Being the photographer of the family ( or at least the one with the camera at all times) there are not many photos of me and the girls unless I take them, and that can be such a headache. So it was a very welcomed and sweet gesture of the hubby to offer to want to take photos. I gladly agreed! ( It was even sweeter that he patiently waited the 45 minutes for me to find cute dresses for the girls and for me to do my hair :)

Anyway, these are all hubby's photos (except the one we used the tripod for so we could get one of us :) so all credit goes to him. He is the better one at photography, he taught me just about all the technical stuff I know. :) These are just a few of the pictures we took. Have a relaxing and rejuvenating weekend everyone!

From A Meg Moment

Monday, July 18, 2011

L.E.N.S. Photo Challenge ~ You are My Sunshine

Yeah for sharing photos! Over at Home is Where You Start From weekly photo challenges are held. I just found them, became a follower & am entering their challenge for this week " You are my Sunshine." I chose this photo of my lovely sister to submit because she was kind enough to let me practice "action shots" while we went for a walk (and ended up in a river!)

Although my sister and I are still close, we don't get to see each other all that often anymore. This day was just really special and it came to mind as soon as I heard all the name of the challenge. :)